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  1. Complete the sentence about History of Sweden with the correct year: Written sources about Sweden before AD ______ are rare and short, usually written by outsiders.
  2. Complete the sentence about History of Sweden with the correct year: The fighting reached a climax following the Stockholm Bloodbath in ______, a mass execution of accused heretics orchestrated by Chr…
  3. Complete the sentence about History of Sweden with the correct year: One of the few members of the most powerful noble families not present, Gustav Vasa, was able to raise a new rebellion and eventual…
  4. Complete the sentence about Vikings with the correct year: The Viking Age in Scandinavian history is taken to have been the period from the earliest recorded raids by Norsemen in 793 until the Norman…
  5. Complete the sentence about Gustav Vasa with the correct year: Gustav Eriksson, a son of Cecilia Månsdotter Eka and Erik Johansson Vasa, was probably born in ______.
  6. Complete the sentence about Gustav Vasa with the correct year: Being a relative and ally of uncle Sten Sture, Erik inherited the regent's estates in Uppland and Södermanland when the latter died in __…
  7. Complete the sentence about Gustav Vasa with the correct year: Gustav and his father Erik supported the party of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden from ______, and its struggle against King Chr…
  8. Complete the sentence about Gustav Vasa with the correct year: When a swordsman drank to His Majesty "Gustav Cow Butt" in Kalmar in ______, the swordsman was killed.
  9. Complete the sentence about Swedish Reformation with the correct year: Trolle supported the Kalmar Union and was allied with Christian II who made a unionist conquest of Sweden in the autumn of ______…
  10. Complete the sentence about Swedish Reformation with the correct year: Trolle was soon forced to flee to Denmark in ______ during the Swedish War of Liberation, where Gustav Vasa came to power in Swed…
  11. Complete the sentence about Swedish Reformation with the correct year: In ______, King Gustav I of Sweden met the reformer Laurentius Andreae and was influenced by Protestantism, and the following yea…
  12. Complete the sentence about Swedish Reformation with the correct year: In ______, the New Testament was published in the Swedish language.
  13. Complete the sentence about Swedish Reformation with the correct year: In the winter of ______, the king offered to arrange a colloquy between Olaus Petri and Catholic professor Peder Galle.
  14. Complete the sentence about Swedish Reformation with the correct year: In ______, the king opened a rift with Rome when he appointed Laurentius Petri Archbishop of Uppsala without Papal consent or con…
  15. Complete the sentence about Swedish Reformation with the correct year: Until ______, the Swedish Reformation was in essence characterized as Reform Catholicism.
  16. Complete the sentence about Swedish Reformation with the correct year: The final break between Sweden and Rome occurred with the abolition of the Canon law in Sweden in ______, following the Synod of…
  17. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: Gustav Vasa's election as King of Sweden on 6 June ______, and his triumphant entry into Stockholm 11 days later, marked Sweden's final…
  18. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: Frederick I formally renounced his claim to Sweden in ______ at the Treaty of Malmö.
  19. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: Margaret became regent of Denmark and Norway when Olaf died in ______, leaving her without an heir.
  20. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: In ______, Swedish nobles called upon her help against King Albert.
  21. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: After Margaret defeated Albert in ______, her heir Eric was proclaimed King of Norway.
  22. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: Eric was subsequently elected King of Denmark and Sweden in ______ under the banner of the House of Griffin.
  23. Complete the sentence about Kalmar Union with the correct year: The money was never paid, so in ______ the Kingdom of Scotland annexed the islands.
  24. Complete the sentence about Stockholm Bloodbath with the correct year: Eventually, a third attempt made in ______ with a large army of French, German and Scottish mercenaries proved successful.
  25. Complete the sentence about Stockholm Bloodbath with the correct year: Sture was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund on 19 January ______.
  26. Complete the sentence about Gustavus Adolphus with the correct year: Gustavus Adolphus was born in Stockholm on 9 December ______, eldest son of Duke Charles of the House of Vasa and his second wife…
  27. Complete the sentence about Gustavus Adolphus with the correct year: Crown Prince Gustav Adolph had Gagnef-Floda in Dalecarlia as a duchy from ______.
  28. Complete the sentence about Thirty Years' War with the correct year: The war began in ______, when the Catholic Emperor Ferdinand II was replaced as king of Bohemia by the Protestant Frederick V of th…
  29. Complete the sentence about Battle of Lützen with the correct year: The Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November ______, was one of the most important of the Thirty Years' War.
  30. Complete the sentence about Battle of Lützen with the correct year: Backed by French subsidies, in April ______ Sweden formed the Heilbronn League with their German allies, and shortly afterwards won…
  31. Complete the sentence about Battle of Lützen with the correct year: In February ______, rumours Wallenstein was about to change sides resulted in his assassination by Imperial agents.
  32. Complete the sentence about Swedish Empire with the correct year: New Sweden was founded in the valley of the Delaware River in ______, and Sweden later laid claim to a number of Caribbean islands.
  33. Complete the sentence about Charles XII of Sweden with the correct year: A major victory over a much larger Russian army in ______, at the Battle of Narva, compelled Peter the Great to sue for peace…
  34. Complete the sentence about Charles XII of Sweden with the correct year: By ______, Charles, now 24 years old, had forced all of his foes into submission.
  35. Complete the sentence about Charles XII of Sweden with the correct year: Two campaigns met with frustration and ultimate failure, concluding with his death at the Siege of Fredriksten in ______.
  36. Complete the sentence about Charles XII of Sweden with the correct year: Prince Charles of Sweden was born on 17 June ______ O.S. in the royal castle of Tre Kronor in Stockholm.
  37. Complete the sentence about Great Northern War with the correct year: The remaining Swedish forces in plague-stricken areas south and east of the Baltic Sea were evicted, with the last city, Tallinn…
  38. Complete the sentence about Great Northern War with the correct year: From June ______, Denmark and Russia prepared a joint invasion of Sweden proper, which the Tsar envisioned as dealing the Swedish…
  39. Complete the sentence about Great Northern War with the correct year: In ______, Sweden launched a second and even larger campaign against Norway.
  40. Complete the sentence about Battle of Poltava with the correct year: The Battle of Poltava fought on 8 July ______, was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War.
  41. Complete the sentence about Battle of Poltava with the correct year: Charles therefore chose to invade Russia in the autumn of ______ and march towards Moscow with a large Swedish army.
  42. Complete the sentence about Battle of Poltava with the correct year: The rest of the army was forced to surrender to the Russians at the village of Perevolochna on 11 July ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Age of Liberty with the correct year: In a Swedish siege of Fredriksten Fortress in Norway in ______, Charles XII was killed, after which most hostilities in the West ended…
  44. Complete the sentence about Age of Liberty with the correct year: At the beginning of ______, peace overtures were made to Britain, Hanover, Prussia, and Denmark.
  45. Complete the sentence about Age of Liberty with the correct year: Despite the protests of the Caps, a project for the invasion of Russian Finland was rushed through the premature Riksdag of ______.
  46. Complete the sentence about Age of Liberty with the correct year: On 20 July ______, war was formally declared against Russia; a month later, the Diet was dissolved, and the lantmarskalk set off to Fi…
  47. Complete the sentence about Gustav III of Sweden with the correct year: In ______, he founded the Royal Order of Vasa to acknowledge and reward those Swedes who had contributed to advances in the fiel…
  48. Complete the sentence about Gustav III of Sweden with the correct year: In ______, Gustav III was the first formally neutral head of state in the world to recognise the United States during its war fo…
  49. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Sweden with the correct year: The first constitutional Instrument of Government was enacted in ______, marking the transition from autocracy to parliamentar…
  50. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Sweden with the correct year: From ______, the king adhered to principles of parliamentarism by choosing councillors possessing direct or indirect support f…
  51. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Sweden with the correct year: The ______ Act held for example that freedom of expression was to be uninhibited, except for "violations", which included blas…
  52. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Kiel with the correct year: Sweden therefore refused to hand over Swedish Pomerania, which instead passed to Prussia after the Congress of Vienna in ______.
  53. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Kiel with the correct year: The United Kingdom, which had declared war on France in ______, paid subsidies to Sweden.
  54. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Kiel with the correct year: When Gustav IV Adolf refused to break his alliance with the United Kingdom, the Russian Tsar invaded Finland in ______ and severed it…
  55. Complete the sentence about Charles XIV John of Sweden with the correct year: Born in Pau in the region of southern France known as Béarn, Bernadotte joined the French Royal Army in ______.
  56. Complete the sentence about Charles XIV John of Sweden with the correct year: Following the outbreak of the French Revolution, he demonstrated great military talent, rising rapidly through the ranks a…
  57. Complete the sentence about Charles XIV John of Sweden with the correct year: Upon the death of Charles XIII in ______, Charles John ascended to the throne.
  58. Complete the sentence about Charles XIV John of Sweden with the correct year: Jean Bernadotte was born on 26 January ______ in Pau, the capital of the province of Béarn in the southwestern part of the…
  59. Complete the sentence about Union between Sweden and Norway with the correct year: Foreign policy was conducted through the Swedish foreign ministry until the dissolution of the union in ______.
  60. Complete the sentence about Union between Sweden and Norway with the correct year: After the adoption of the new Constitution of Norway on 17 May ______, Prince Christian Frederick was elected king.
  61. Complete the sentence about Swedish neutrality with the correct year: The accession to the European Union in ______ meant that neutrality as a principle was abolished.
  62. Complete the sentence about Sweden in World War II with the correct year: When the war began on 1 September ______, the fate of Sweden was unclear.
  63. Complete the sentence about Sweden in World War II with the correct year: At the outbreak of the war in September ______, twenty European nations were neutral.
  64. Complete the sentence about Olof Palme with the correct year: A longtime protégé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, he became Prime Minister of Sweden and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in ____…
  65. Complete the sentence about Folke Bernadotte with the correct year: In ______ he received a German surrender offer from Heinrich Himmler, though the offer was ultimately rejected by the allies.
  66. Complete the sentence about Folke Bernadotte with the correct year: Upon his death, Ralph Bunche took up his work at the UN, mediating the ______ Armistice Agreements between Israel and Egypt.
  67. Complete the sentence about Dag Hammarskjöld with the correct year: By January ______, he had obtained Licentiate of Philosophy and Master of Laws degrees.
  68. Complete the sentence about Tage Erlander with the correct year: Tage Fritjof Erlander was born in Ransäter, Värmland County on June 13, ______, on the top floor of the house today known as Erlandergå…
  69. Complete the sentence about Ingvar Carlsson with the correct year: In ______, Carlsson attended Northwestern University in Illinois in the United States as a Fulbright scholar studying economics.
  70. Complete the sentence about Ingvar Carlsson with the correct year: In ______, Carlsson announced an increase in government spending on research and development, to rise by 2% more than inflation.
  71. Complete the sentence about Carl Bildt with the correct year: Bildt was born on 15 July ______ in Halmstad, Halland, to an old Danish-Norwegian-Swedish noble family, the Bildt family, traditionally do…
  72. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, he was re-elected to Parliament for the same constituency.
  73. Complete the sentence about Göran Persson with the correct year: In the ______ general election, the Social Democrats increased their number of seats in the parliament.
  74. Complete the sentence about Fredrik Reinfeldt with the correct year: A native of Stockholm County, Reinfeldt joined the Moderate Youth League in ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Fredrik Reinfeldt with the correct year: Reinfeldt was elected party leader on 25 October ______, succeeding Bo Lundgren.
  76. Complete the sentence about Fredrik Reinfeldt with the correct year: Following the ______ general election, Reinfeldt was elected prime minister on 6 October.
  77. Complete the sentence about Stefan Löfven with the correct year: Löfven was born 21 July ______ in Aspudden, Stockholm, and his father died before he was born.
  78. Complete the sentence about Stefan Löfven with the correct year: In ______, he started as an employed ombudsman in the Swedish Metalworkers' Union, working in the areas of contract negotiations and in…
  79. Complete the sentence about Magdalena Andersson with the correct year: Andersson joined the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League in ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Magdalena Andersson with the correct year: In ______, she earned a master's degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.
  81. Complete the sentence about Magdalena Andersson with the correct year: After the ______ Swedish general election, Andersson was elected to the Riksdag and became Minister for Finance in Stefan Löfven'…
  82. Complete the sentence about Magdalena Andersson with the correct year: When Löfven announced his plans to step down in August ______, she was regarded as the main candidate to succeed him.
  83. Complete the sentence about Riksdag with the correct year: The Riksdag has its institutional roots in the feudal Riksdag of the Estates, traditionally thought to have first assembled in Arboga in ____…
  84. Complete the sentence about Riksdag with the correct year: The Oxford English Dictionary traces English use of the term "Riksdag" in reference to the Swedish assembly back to ______.
  85. Complete the sentence about Riksdag with the correct year: Effectively, however, it did not become a parliament in the modern sense until parliamentary principles were established in the political sys…
  86. Complete the sentence about Prime Minister of Sweden with the correct year: Until ______, the executive authority in Sweden had been exercised through the King in Council.
  87. Complete the sentence about Prime Minister of Sweden with the correct year: Since ______, the prime minister has been both de jure and de facto chief executive, with powers and duties specifically enu…
  88. Complete the sentence about Monarchy of Sweden with the correct year: Several large palaces and a considerable section of the Swedish capital of Stockholm have been at the disposal of the monarch sinc…
  89. Complete the sentence about Carl XVI Gustaf with the correct year: Carl Gustaf became crown prince and heir apparent to the Swedish throne at the age of four when his grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf acced…
  90. Complete the sentence about Carl XVI Gustaf with the correct year: Carl Gustaf acceded to the throne upon his grandfather's death on 15 September ______.
  91. Complete the sentence about Carl XVI Gustaf with the correct year: Shortly after he became king, the new ______ Instrument of Government took effect, formally stripping the monarchy of its remaining e…
  92. Complete the sentence about Carl XVI Gustaf with the correct year: The king's heir apparent, after passage on 1 January ______ of a new law establishing absolute primogeniture, is his eldest child, Cr…
  93. Complete the sentence about Carl XVI Gustaf with the correct year: Victoria's younger brother, Carl Philip, was briefly the heir apparent from his birth in May ______ until the application of said law…
  94. Complete the sentence about Carl XVI Gustaf with the correct year: Carl Gustaf was born on 30 April ______ at 10:20 in Haga Palace in Solna, Stockholm County.
  95. Complete the sentence about Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden with the correct year: Princess Victoria was born on 14 July ______ at 21:45 CET at the Karolinska Hospital in Solna, Stockholm County, t…
  96. Complete the sentence about Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden with the correct year: Princess Victoria was heir presumptive until 13 May ______, when her younger brother Prince Carl Philip was born.
  97. Complete the sentence about Sweden and NATO with the correct year: Since ______, Sweden has not formally declared war, and the country remained neutral even during World War I and World War II.
  98. Complete the sentence about Sweden and NATO with the correct year: In ______, Sweden acceded to the European Union, thereby aligning with the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy.
  99. Complete the sentence about Sveriges Riksbank with the correct year: Established in ______ by the Riksdag, it is the world's oldest surviving central bank, and the third oldest bank in continuous oper…
  100. Complete the sentence about Sveriges Riksbank with the correct year: When a new Riksdag was instituted in ______, the name of the bank was changed to Sveriges Riksbank.

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